I chose both rests - for the first one I didn't want to run along slow roads, in the second one, 4 morale in the first 2 rounds halved the neutral army, and judging by everything, the encounter would have been short.
In the last one I get slow units, 4 archers from Val, Christian, and some guy with 7 gogs and imps. In the very first battle, faeries with morale kill 2 archers... I wanted to surrender, but an external dwelling of angels and swords is found. Then in the tavern, one after another, 3 necromancers appear, I light up another dwelling of swords. 8 heroes, but every battle is on a knife's edge - morale and total chaos. I go into 2 crypts with 11 marksmen, 20 pikemen, 6 gogs, and 4 swords. Lucky it wasn't max. By the end of the week, horses in the Citadel, more dwellings of monks, pikemen, and archers, and still cash in reserve, but the main hero is only level 3.
On the 2nd, Ignat easily takes the dwelling of angels behind a hundred orc grunts, Gosha shakes down naga banks, and then the Germans came)) Moner positioned himself next to the +4 shield, which I planned to take next turn, apparently I didn't make it in time. I take the shield and attack, 9 psychos were disappointing.
Gosha 2 10 4 (20), adv earth and defense, basic tactics, artifacts for morale and speed +1, ballista, 36 marksmen, 82+1 skeletons, 4 champions, 28 crusaders, an angel, and 6 monks
Moner 8 4 5 (30) basic air, 22 storm elementals, 9 psychos, 4 phoenixes, 10 fire elementals, 3+1 air elementals, and a few faeries.
The battle was very tense, too bad I didn't record a video.
I set up expecting phoenixes, but if mass Haste and the psychos dive into the pocket, then it's GG. Only Slow, Arrow, Shield, and Cure from magic. For 2 rounds I don't cast, waiting for Moni's mana to run out - he slowed the champions, cast 2 Arrows at the marksmen, and brought up the psychos to run into the pocket - I confidently cast Slow on them (blue had already cast in the 3rd round) and take out the birds. Extremely lucky there was no Haste or Dispel. Blue surrenders, my losses are an angel, 3 champions, and a few shooters and skellies... but now I have the money to build angels.
The next encounter is on snow and now with 7 angels and the rest.
Thanks for the game!
Зима 2011-12.